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No. 450,809. Patented Apr. 14,1891.

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PATENT OFFICE.

PERRY CROSSON, OF WICHI'I A, KANSAS.

MAIL-POUCH.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 450,309, dated April14, 1891.

Application filed August 30, 1890. Serial No. 363,}163. (N0 model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, PERRY CROSSON, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Wichita, in the county of Sedgwick and State ofKansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inMail-Pouches, of which the following is a specification, reference beinghad therein to the accompanying drawings, and the letters of referencethereon, forming a part of this specification, in whicha Figure 1 is aperspective view of a mailpouch having a portion broken away to show theapplication of this invention thereto. Fig. 2 is a detailed perspectiveview of a portion of the lower side and bottom portions of the pouch,showing the manner in which the rubber or yielding hoop is secured tothe pouch. Fig. 3 is a detailed vertical section of the lower sideportion of the pouch and of the hoop therein and a side plan of one ofthe supporting-arms of the hoop, showing the manner of the incasement ofthe hoop and arm. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the rubher or yieldinghoop and its attached arms detached from the pouch; and Fig. 5 is avertical cross-section of the lower portion of the pouch provided withthe rubber or yielding hoop and supporting-arms.

This invention relates to certain improvements in an attachment formail-pouches for holding the pouch-bottom expanded and for supportingits sides to prevent it from collapsing or wrinkling while emptying thecontents therefrom; and it consists in providing the pouch with a rubberor yielding hoop secured in its bottom portion adjacent the sides, andof a series of upright supporting-arms connected with the hoop and withthe pouch sides.

Referring to the drawings, P represents the pouch, and D the bottomthereof.

B represents the hoop, consisting of rubber or other yielding materialarranged in the bottom of the pouch in contact with the sides thereof,and S represents the side-supporting arms, consisting of light steelbars bent to clasp the hoop at their lower ends and rounded to present asmooth cornerless upper-extending end and arranged in contact with thepouch sides.

As a means of attaching the hoop B to the pouch, it is covered with aleather or some suitable strip, as shown at d, which is stitched orotherwise suitably attached to the pouch bottom and sides adjacent tothe hoop; and a represent similar strips, but of less width, arrangedover the supporting-arms S, and

similarly attached to the pouch sides along each side and at the upperend of the arms, which strips a attach the said arms to the pouch and,further, prevent mail-matter in the pouch from catching under the arms.

The hoop B is of rubber or some yielding material for the purpose ofadapting it to be compressed, so that the pouch provided with theattachment may be folded, when empty, so as not to occupy too greatspace, and be flexible in like manner as one not provided with theattachment; but, however, it is intended that the hoop shall be ofsuflicient tension to hold the pouch-bottom expanded at all times whennot folded.

It has been common in mail-pouches to collapse and wrinkle when emptyingmail-matter therefrom, and by so doing sometimes catch and retaincertain mail, and in some instances important and valuable mail-matterhas thus been retained in the pouch and has thereby caused delay invdelivery and occasionally damaged the person to whom the mail-mattershould have been delivered.

By the use of the hoop B and arms S, at- I tached to a pouch, asdescribed, it is obvious that the pouch will be held expanded and thesides free from wrinkles when emptying its contents, and thus permit allits contents to slide out and thus overcome the former disadvantages ofthe pouch.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and useful, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is as follows:

1. The combination, with a mail-pouch, of the rubberor yielding hoop B,secured in the bottom portion of the pouch, and the uprightside-supporting arms S, attached to the hoop and pouch sides, in themanner substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. A mail-pouch provided in its lower side portion adjacent its bottomwith a yielding hoop, and with side-supporting arms connected with andextending upwardly from the hoop, and with the hoop and arm coverings,substantially as and for the purpose'speoified.

3. In combination with a mail-pouch, an attachment consisting of arubber or other. similarly-yielding hoop, and of a series of upiwardly-extending steel arms arranged to clasp the hoop at their lowerends and rounded or otherwise formed to be cornerless at their upperepds, the whole beingadapted to be secured yvifihin the pouch, in themanner sub- 10 stantially as and for the purpose specified.

PERRY CROSSON.

Witnesses:

N. B. HAGIN, WM. J HUTCHINS.

